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1. Wait... Blockbuster OVER Nexflix? ...dumb. So now we can pay extra money to watch for bunch of cut-up and edited movies, filled with commercials. Super, sign me up.

Posted at 10:00PM on Apr 19th 2006 by c.Lake

2. Why do people beat up Blockbuster’s online service. They don’t meter fullfilment like Netflix does. We get fast turn around on dvds, typically 1 or 2 days. They have great customer service. For thos impulse moments when I want a new movie right now I get free rentals from their store.

Posted at 3:52AM on Apr 20th 2006 by Smart

3. Hmmm ... dump the market leader for a company that is downsizing its brick and mortar store count, came late to the online model, faces legal action for ripping off elements of the online model, and has significant negative sentiment from consumers. Tivo, the Echostar settlement is giving you some breathing room -- don't blow it by teaming up with Blockbuster!

Posted at 12:12PM on Apr 20th 2006 by Robert

4. Block buster isn't really in all the trouble you think it is, and they are downsizing in store because it allows them to offer only new release while catalogs are stored online only, this gives you the full service of other places while being able to get any movie you want RIGHT NOW, not waiting a few weeks for it to get shipped to your door (fine, maybe a few days.)

Posted at 4:46PM on Apr 21st 2006 by Don't hate BB

5. Sorry to be cynical, but why should we think that Blockbuster's online experience will end up, over the long haul, any better than its in-store? As far as the "metering" goes, I'm one to find that it's still only in most extreme cases. I'm still getting movies two days after mailing mine back, and I'm getting no less than eight a month and that's without even trying. I guess the question is whether they shot themselves in the foot saying it was "virtually unlimited" or whatever in the advertising campaigns they've done. All I know is anytime I've been on fire and blown through movies two and three at a time, I've had no problem replacing them all over and over again within a month. So putting aside the throttling cases - which I believe are indeed happening - I think this is off the mark. Blockbuster is not, as far as I know, shipping out DVDs as fast as what Netflix is doing right now, so the argument isn't really valid anyway, IMHO.

Posted at 9:33AM on Apr 26th 2006 by Tom Biro